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Published
2024
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Subgenre
Contemporary
Words
22,851
Section
Middle Grade

Kareem Between

Seventh grader Kareem, a Syrian American boy, feels caught between two worlds after he is cut from the football team, his best friend moves away and his mother is stranded in Syria while trying to bring his grandparents to the US.

  • National Book Award Winner 2024
  • NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2025
  • ALSC Notable Children's Book 2025